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Cavernularia (cnidarian)
''Cavernularia'' is a genus of marine cnidarians in the family Veretillidae Veretillidae is a family of sea pen Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. There are 14 families within the order; 35 extant genera, and it is estimated that of 450 described species, ar .... The genus contains bioluminescent species. Species * '' Cavernularia capitata'' Williams, 1989 * '' Cavernularia chuni'' Kükenthal & Broch, 1911 * '' Cavernularia clavata'' Kükenthal & Broch, 1911 * '' Cavernularia dayi'' Tixier-Durivault, 1954 * '' Cavernularia dedeckeri'' Williams, 1989 * '' Cavernularia elegans'' (Herklots, 1858) * '' Cavernularia glans'' Kölliker, 1872 * '' Cavernularia habereri'' Moroff, 1902 * '' Cavernularia kuekenthali'' Lopez Gonzalez, Gili & Williams, 2000 * '' Cavernularia lutkenii'' Kölliker, 1872 * '' Cavernularia malabarica'' Fowler, 1894 * '' Cavernularia mirifica'' Tixier-Durivault, 1963 * '' Cavernularia obesa'' Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavernularia Obesa
''Cavernularia obesa'' is a species of marine cnidarians in the family Veretillidae. ''Cavernularia obesa'' is widespread throughout the tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ... waters of the Indo-Pacific area. It is a bioluminescent organism whose light-emitter is composed of 2-(p-hydroxyphenylacetamido)-3-benzyl-5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazine.The light-emitter in bioluminescence of the sea cactus Cavernularia obesa. Osamu Shimomura, Shoji Inoue and Toshio Goto, Chemistry Letters, Vol. 4 (1975) No. 3, pages 247-248 References External links marinespecieseol Veretillidae Animals described in 1850 {{Octocorallia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |